Planteome: Term Details for "MHC protein binding" (GO:0042287)

Accession: GO:0042287
Name: MHC protein binding
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: major histocompatibility complex binding, major histocompatibility complex ligand
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Binding to a major histocompatibility complex molecule; a set of molecules displayed on cell surfaces that are responsible for lymphocyte recognition and antigen presentation. Source: GOC:jl
Comment: Note that this term does not include binding to the antigen peptide bound to the MHC protein, for this also annotate to 'peptide antigen binding ; GO:0042605' or one of its children.
History: See term history for GO:0042287 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to MHC protein binding.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to MHC protein binding.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for MHC protein binding.
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subject	relation	object
MHC protein binding	is_a	signaling receptor binding (GO:0005102)

subject	relation	object
MHC class II protein binding (GO:0042289)	is_a	MHC protein binding
MHC class Ib protein binding (GO:0023029)	is_a	MHC protein binding
MHC class I protein binding (GO:0042288)	is_a	MHC protein binding

MHC protein binding